Employment

Plans announced today by the management of Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology to cut jobs because the institution did not meet narrow funding metrics is further evidence that the current tertiary education funding model is broken and failing to meet the needs of local communities. Dr. Leon Fourie, Chief Executive of Toi-Ohomai, notified staff today of his intention to “adjust” 18.4 full-time equivalent teaching roles across the...

Students, staff, business, and institutional leaders have called on the Minister for Education to develop a new model for vocational education and training that meets the needs of all New Zealanders. Representatives at last week’s Voices for Tertiary Education forum called for the change as part of a wide ranging statement that sets out a series of recommendations for reform of the vocational education and training sector. “The...

The Tertiary Education Union has launched a new toolkit to tackle the problems holding back so many wāhine in Aotearoa New Zealand. Launched on International Women’s Day, the Gender Equity Toolkit will help people question unconscious bias in their workplace, to raise awareness of the disparities around them, and to support people in negotiating changes to employment agreements that will help address the gender pay imbalance and...

The Tertiary Education Union is asking staff working in tertiary education to keep a look out for a forthcoming survey about what it’s like to work in the sector. The State of the tertiary education sector survey 2018 will provide a wide range of information about staff’s day to day experience of working in the sector, their workloads and wellbeing. Data from the survey will be presented to the government to inform their education...

Gender equity in the workplace moved a step closer today with the launch of a new toolkit to tackle the problems holding back so many wāhine in Aotearoa New Zealand. Produced by the Tertiary Education Union (TEU), the toolkit will help people question unconscious bias in their workplace, to raise awareness of the disparities around them, and to support people in negotiating changes to employment agreements that will help address the...

Students, staff, and institutional leaders represented at the Voices from Tertiary Education forum on 1 March 2018 at Manukau Institute of Technology, have called on the Minister for Education, Chris Hipkins, to develop a new funding model for vocational education and training that meets the needs of all New Zealanders. Representatives at the forum called for the change as part of a wide ranging statement that sets out a series of...